Novartis genetically engineered Bt-maize have proven to be a serious market failure in France. An independent study commissioned by Greenpeace shows that overwhelming majority of farmers reject
More and more PVC (vinyl) enters the waste stream with no safe disposal option in sight and alleged PVC recycling is nothing but greenwash of the PVC industry, said Greenpeace in a report. The
Environment ministers from around the world are meeting in Bratislava, Slovakia from 4-5 May to promote new national policies and international programmes for the conservation and sustainable use of
The Japanese government and the European Union signed the Kyoto Protocol in New York. These governments joined 34 countries including India and Brazil in demonstrating leadership in the fight against
Brazil promised to set aside 62 million acres of Amazon rain forest for conservation , underscoring the Government's renewed commitment to the faltering preservation of the imperiled tropical
Nuclear medicine, a comparatively young branch of medical science, is bringing new hope for patients suffering from soft tissue cancers and those requiring by-pass surgery of the heart, according to
A three-day convention against World Trade Organisation began in Hyderabad on Wednesday with a call by the representatives of organisations of farmers, agricultural labourers and tribals across the
After exactly 82 years, scientists have finally found evidences of yet another exotic Einsteinian prediction called "frame dragging". Using National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Rossi X-ray
The newly formed Delhi Water Board plans to distribute its own brand of market water in the capital within the next three months. The chief minister of Delhi, Mr. Sahib Singh Verma, who is also the
Karnataka Chief Minister J H patel managed to placate an angry Opposition when he announced yesterday that the May 2 Cabinet meeting would discuss and finalise a hike in compensation to the farmers
